PARLIAMENTARY WRITTEN QUESTION
Harassment: Internet (14 October 2016)

Question Asked

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many police cautions have been issued for offences under (a) section 127 of the Communications Act 2003 and (b) section 1 of the Malicious Communications Act 1988.

Asked by:
Anna Turley (Labour)

Answer

Information going back to 2005 on police cautions for these offences has been published here:

https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/criminal-justice-system-statistics-quarterly-december-2015

Data stretching further back is held by the Ministry of Justice, which is the department responsible for police caution figures.


Answered by:
Sir Brandon Lewis (Conservative)
28 November 2016

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